History Trivia / Hades

* ActorAllusion: Christopher Saphire, who voices Thanatos, previously voiced Asher Kendrell in ''Transistor''--a reserved, ([[NotSoStoic mostly]]) unemotional character, [[GayOption in a loving relationship with Grant]], who prioritizes duty and loyalty. [[spoiler:Fortunately Thanatos' story turns out a ''lot'' better than Asher's.]]

* TalkingToHimself: Several of the characters share voice actors, though not all of them share scenes together. Logan Cunningham voices both Hades and Achilles, while Darren Korb voices both Zagreus and Skelly, leading to this trope when those pairs of characters interact.

* DoingItForTheArt: The 3D models for the characters are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYJ6d1ifSqA exceptionally detailed]], enough so that they could stand in for the 2D portrait art. None of them are ever seen so close for a lot of that detail to be remotely visible.

* NewbieBoom: The game had a modest fanbase on par with Supergiant's other titles when it was in Early Access on PC, but its popularity exploded exponentially once Version 1.0 hit the Nintendo Switch.

* ActorAllusion: Christopher Saphire, who voices Thanatos, previously voiced Asher Kendrell in ''VideoGame/Transistor''--a reserved, ([[NotSoStoic mostly]]) unemotional character, [[GayOption in a loving relationship with Grant]], who prioritizes duty and loyalty. [[spoiler:Fortunately Thanatos' story turns out a ''lot'' better than Asher's.]]

* NewbieBoom: In the early few years of the games development, it had a modest fanbase despite being open for anyone to play with steady updates and character designs being added over time. Once the game was released on the Nintendo Switch, the fanbase exploded.

* HeAlsoDid: Darren Korb, who voices Zagreus, is also the award-winning composer of Supergiant Games' videogames, including this one as well.

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Expy Expy]]: Some of the enemies have a strong resemblance to those in ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Transistor Transistor]]''. The Wretched Thug is similar in size and shape to the Jerk; the Brimstones act a good deal like Creeps with their beam spam; Brightswords, Greatshields, Longspears and Strongbows all spawn tiny egg-like creatures upon death which regenerate into their full forms if Zagreus doesn't take them out in time--not unlike the Badcells.

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Expy]]: Some of the enemies have a strong resemblance to those in ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Transistor]]''. The Wretched Thug is similar in size and shape to the Jerk; the Brimstones act a good deal like Creeps with their beam spam; Brightswords, Greatshields, Longspears and Strongbows all spawn tiny egg-like creatures upon death which regenerate into their full forms if Zagreus doesn't take them out in time--not unlike the Badcells.

* [[Main/Expy]]: Some of the enemies have a strong resemblance to those in [[VideoGame/Transistor]]. The Wretched Thug is similar in size and shape to the Jerk; the Brimstones act a good deal like Creeps with their beam spam; Brightswords, Greatshields, Longspears and Strongbows all spawn tiny egg-like creatures upon death which regenerate into their full forms if Zagreus doesn't take them out in time--not unlike the Badcells.

* Expy: Some of the enemies have a strong resemblance to those in ''VideoGame/Transistor''. The Wretched Thug is similar in size and shape to the Jerk; the Brimstones act a good deal like Creeps with their beam spam; Brightswords, Greatshields, Longspears and Strongbows all spawn tiny egg-like creatures upon death which regenerate into their full forms if Zagreus doesn't take them out in time--not unlike the Badcells.

* PermanentPlaceholder: As revealed in [[https://g2mods.net/reviews/hades-interview-the-beatles-tom-hiddleston-and-creating-zagreus/ this interview]], the dev team realized during the casting process that they liked Darren Korn's scratch tracks for Zagreus and Skelly more than the actual actors they auditioned for those roles. He ultimately got both parts.

* ShoutOut:
** Appropriately for a game about fighting hellish creatures and escaping the Underworld, the soundtrack heavily references the classic riff from the first level of {{VideoGame/Doom}}'s soundtrack, ''At Doom's Gate''.
** One of the keepsakes you can get is called the [[Franchise/YuGiOh Harpy Feather Duster]].

* ShoutOut: Appropriately for a game about fighting hellish creatures and escaping the Underworld, the soundtrack heavily references the classic riff from the first level of {{VideoGame/Doom}}'s soundtrack, ''At Doom's Gate''.

* HeAlsoDid: Darren Korb, who voices Zagreus, is also the award-winning composer of Supergiant Games' best known games, ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Transistor}}'' and this game too.

* HeAlsoDid: Darren Korb, who voices Zagreus, is also the award-winning composer of Supergiant Games' best known games, VideoGame/{{Bastion}}, VideoGame/{{Transistor}} and this game too.

* ShoutOut: Appropriately for a game about fighting hellish creatures and escaping the Underworld, the soundtrack heavily references the classic riff from the first level of {{Doom}}'s soundtrack, ''At Doom's Gate''.

* * TheWikiRule: [[https://hades.gamepedia.com/Hades_Wiki The Hades Wiki]].

* TalkingToHimself: Several of the characters share voice actors, though not all of them share scenes together. Logan Cunningham voices both Hades and Achilles, while Darren Korb voices both Zagreus and Skelly, leading to this trope when those pairs of characters interact.